[Gimp-web] Re: Re: dgo

[Carol Spears]

hi,

On 2003-04-23 at 1331.16 +0200, Niklas typed this:
> On Mon, 2003-04-21 at 21:59, Helvetix Victorinox wrote:
> > This is mainly because you do your debugging on mmaybe.gimp.org instead of
> > on a local copy.
> > 
> > A local copy doesn't prevent mistakes, but it certainly makes it much easier
> > to catch them before everyone else does.
> 
> Well doing tests locally also depends a lot on the person that has done
> the new feature...you can't expect that people will understand what you
> have done without explaining it.
> 
> A good thing to write when new things are implemented is a pointer or
> HOWTO with some sort of example. Not just words but something people can
> test. Example:
> 
> 1. Copy the root dir to a backup dir: cp websitedir websitedir.bak
> 2. Create a dir outside of this that is called website-test-dir: mkdir
> website-test-dir
> 3. You should now have 2 dirs with the website in it and one that is
> empty, and the porpuse of the dirs are.........
> ....
> 
> And the list goes on and on. This might look as if the person reading it
> is stupid but he/she will understand it more and will be able to start
> working with the local copy much faster without to much questions.
> 
i spoke last night with yosh and Helvetix about writing this howto. one
thing lead to another and i need, perhaps to send a different mail
telling of what happened from this discussion ...

carol